Joe Biden to Black Audience: “I May Be a White Boy, But I Can Jump!”

Vice President Biden speaks to guests at the third annual Black History Month reception at the Naval Observatory, February 27, 2012. (White House)

Goofy Joe Biden told an audience during a celebration of African-American History Month, “I may be a white boy, but I can jump!”The Weekly Standard reported, via Lucianne:

Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, hosted a reception Tuesday night at the Naval Observatory in honor of African-American History Month. The vice president’s office was expecting about 150 people, and spotted in the crowd were: Michigan Rep. John Conyers, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson (“I told the president, next game, I’ve got him,” Biden said of the former NBA star, “I may be a white boy, but I can jump”), senior Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, AFSCME president Lee Saunders, Columbia SC Mayor Steve Benjamin and National Black Caucus of State Legislators president Joe Armstrong.